Live chat: Wheat belly and what you can do to avoid it

“If you find yourself carrying around a protuberant, uncomfortable wheat belly; unsuccessfully trying to squeeze into last year’s jeans; reassuring your doctor that, no, you haven’t been eating badly, but you’re still overweight and prediabetic with high blood pressure and cholesterol; or desperately trying to conceal a pair of humiliating man breasts, consider saying goodbye to wheat.”

That’s the advice of Dr. William Davis, a preventive cardiologist whose best-selling book says that instead of blaming fat, sugar and a sedentary lifestyle for soaring obesity rates, we should take a closer look at the real culprit: wheat. He argues that the ubiquitous grain is so hazardous to your health and so addictive that it should carry a warning label, calling it “the world’s most destructive dietary ingredient.”

Join Dr. Davis for a live chat about his best-selling book, Wheat Belly: Lose the wheat, lose the weight, and find your path back to health — ask questions, find out more about wheat-free diets and be a part of the discussion, Friday, July 6 at 1 p.m. ET.

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